Netgear R7800 exploration (IPQ8065, QCA9984)

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Just the netgear, as there is clear re-initialisation logic for it.

EDIT:
the "reserve" contains 4 actual OEM partitions:

 {"crashdump",   0x03c8, 0x0004},
 {"language",    0x03cc, 0x001c},
 {"config",      0x03e8, 0x0009},
 {"pot",         0x03f1, 0x0009},

At least the "config" contains all your current OEM settings. So, overwriting that will pretty much garble your current settings in case your ever want to revert to the OEM. (The settings are visible even to Openwrt:

less /dev/mtd8
or
hexdump -C /dev/mtd8 | less
(and scroll to quite end, then a bit back)

...
usbDeviceName=/mntsda1@lltd_enable=0@guest_enable=0@ripd_enable=0@
upnp_scanType=1@upnp_TimeToLive=4@wan_pppoe_username=guest@
wla1_auth_mode=none@wlg1_auth_mode=none@wla_implicit_bf=1@
...

So, I do not see it as a good idea to overwrite that "reserve" partition.

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